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Board Member Responsibilities

Legal/Fiduciary Role Incorporation - Title 8, Chapter 1, Delaware General Law

The NANOG Board is an active and engaged component of NANOG. The Board is responsible for and works closely with the Committees to promote, support and improve NANOG. The Board is responsible for the selection of all committees including, but not limited to the Program Committee, Communications Committee, Development Committee, and the Finance Committee. The Board is responsible to the members ensuring that the NANOG organization remains open, relevant, and useful and financially sound. A Voting Board member will be appointed to serve as ex-officio to NANOG committees to facilitate communication. A voting member of the Board of Directors may not serve concurrently on the Board of Directors and other committees.

Per the bylaws, Board members must be members in good standing of NANOG and attend at least two of three NANOG meetings per year while in office. Each candidate must declare any and all affiliation(s) relevant to NANOG, which will include his or her main employer, as well as any other major relationships (for instance, if a candidate's primary employer is a nonprofit entity which is sponsored by a vendor, the candidate would declare both the nonprofit and the vendor as affiliations).

Board officers are appointed by the Voting Board Members within 48 hours after the conclusion of the general election. There shall be seven (7) voting members of the Board of Directors, six (6) of whom will be elected and one of who will be the Executive Director. The six elected board members will each serve a staggered two-year term so as to have continuity of the Board.

Elections of the six voting members of the Board of Directions will be held during the Fall NANOG meeting each year. The number of positions to be filled each year will be a minimum of two.

A good candidate will have experience with Internet engineering, operations, and governance organizations as well as the principles and practices which guide them. A strong candidate should have experience with NANOG through meeting attendance, meeting presentations, serving on a committee, and have been an active member of the NANOG mailing list for a minimum of 3 years. Consensus organizing, leadership, outreach and communication skills are prized, and a willingness to be engaged in the governance process is required. A board member (committee liaisons) is expected to volunteer 5 hours per week while a board officer (Chair, vice-chair, treasurer, secretary) is expected to volunteer 5-8 hours per week, all year round.

The Board will appoint Committee members by the Voting Board Members within 48 hours after the conclusion of the general election. Members of the Committees will elect their respective Committee Chair, Vice Chair(s) within 2 weeks after the conclusion of elections.

Committee members will serve not more than two consecutive full terms, although additional terms may be served after a one-year interval. Immediately after each annual election, the Board of Directors will appoint new or returning Committee members to fill each position with an expiring term, and all other vacant positions. The chairperson of the Committees will serve ex officio in a non-voting role on the Board of Directors, in order to facilitate communication between the two groups.

The Board of Directors may at any time appoint a new member to serve the remaining term of a vacant position. The Board of Directors my also, from time to time, expand the total number of Committee members as deemed necessary by the board.

From Time to Time, the Board of Directors may also determine it unnecessary to appoint members to Committees that the Voting Members of the Board determine to be unnecessary in a given election period. An example of such a determination in 2011 was the Finance and Event Selection Committees.

General Responsibilities:

Governance:

Oversee/Evaluate

Review/Monitor

Leadership

In partnership with ED and management, guide the mission and direction

Stewardship:

Ensure dedication to, and use of asset for, benefit of public

Specific Responsibilities:

Hire/support/evaluate/discharge ED

Review and approve annual budget

Review and approve major organizational decision, commitments, and plans including expenditures, loans, and leases

Evaluate progress toward program and financial goals

Ensure the continuity of the organization through development and recruitment of executive staff and committee membership